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Comment on Court rules Gabe Newell must appear in person to testify in Steam anti-trust lawsuit

Lmao Valve made a service so good at what it does, it’s fucking over all these other business ghouls like Tim Sweemey who are actively trying to dominate the market without actually competing; just look at Epic’s store, it’s d o g s h i t. They give out free games and still no one I know wants to use it. It’s the same across the board, these companies do not want to make good services, they want to legally strongarm the consumer.

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bruhduh@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’ll tell you a secret) nowadays ALMOST all corporations regardless of what they make business into wanna strongarm the consumer

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- Maalus@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  GOG has shown that drms are never needed. More often than not, denuvo causes issues to the player, and gets bypassed by a pirate easily. It is simply there because gamedev companies think they get something out of it, when in reality they don’t.
  
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  - Mnemnosyne@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Denuvo isn’t easily bypassed, unfortunately. I think there’s still only like two people cracking Denuvo and one of them is batshit insane.
    
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    Schnabeltierpoet@feddit.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Could you elaborate on that?
    
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    Maalus@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Never had an issue pirating a denuvo game.
    
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    Tattorack@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Empress, right? I’ve seen some things from her (if Empress indeed is a chick) that I thought really couldn’t be meant seriously.
    
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    lemann@lemmy.one ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Only Empress left now I think, the other one who cracked sports games called it quits, or so i’ve heard
    
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YeetPics@mander.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Bingo.

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ivg@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
this is very true, its not like they saying no to other stores like apple for example, they just cant compete so they sue instead, really show how pathetic they are.

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- gd42@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  This lawsuit is specifically about Steam threatening to delist games if the creator tries to sell them at lower price than is listed on Steam.
  
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  - Droechai@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Tries to sell steam keys at a lower price on other platforms than listed on Steam and not planning on giving the same rebate for Steam customers
    
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Honytawk@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Doesn’t matter how good the service is if they break consumer laws.

Valve shouldn’t be able to control the prices on other storefronts. That is out of their jurisdiction.

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